Smoking pipe



July 2, 1935. s. KANTER 2,006,808

SMOKING PIPE Filed Jan. 25, 1952/v Patented July 2, 1935 UNITED STATES# PATENT OFFICE; l

'l' Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in smoking pipes, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a smoking pipe having its mouthpiece ilexibly connected to the bowl portion of the pipe.

Another object of my invention is to provide means whereby the mouthpiece of the pipe may be ilexibly connected in an elastic manner to the bowl portion of the pipe, and the mouthpiece may be held at any desired tension.

A further object is to provide a smoking pipe of the class described having means whereby the mouthpiece is prevented from moving laterally with respect to the stem of the pipe bowl.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following speciiication, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional .detail view of the pipe shown in Figure l,

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the pipe coupling means,

w1 Figure 4 is a section taken along the line 4--4 of Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional detailed view of a modified form of my invention.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a pipe I having a pipe bowl 2 and a mouthpiece 3. The pipe bowl 2 is provided with a stem portion 4 having an interiorly threaded recess 5. The end of the bowl portion connected to the mouth- 'piece 3 may be tapered as is indicated at 6. Threadedly connected in the recess 5 is an eX- teriorly threaded tubular means l which is provided with a tapered flange portion 8 adapted to t over the tapered portion 6 substantially as shown in Figure 2. The inner end portion of the tubular means 'l may be provided with an inwardly-extending interiorly-threaded annular shoulder 9.

The inner portion of the mouthpiece 3 may be tapered so as to fit nicely against the flange 8. The pipe stem may be provided in its hollow interior with an annular groove II, whereby an elastic tube I2, which may be made of rubber, may be clampingly secured by a flexible split ring I3. The tube I2 may be of any desired length and its opposite end is clampingly secured (Cl. ISL-12) to an exteriorly threaded tube I4 by a clamping ring I5 or any other suitable means. If desired, the tube I4 may be provided with a recessed portion I6 whereby the clamping ring I5 may more securely engage the end of the exible' tube I2. The exterior threads I'I of the tube I4 are adapted for threaded engagement with the threaded shoulder 9. The tube I4 is provided at its inner end with a small tubular member I8 which may extend into the bore I9 of the pipe bowl 2.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. It will be understood by referring to Figure 2 that the inner end of the iiexible tube I2 is rigidly attached to the mouthpiece 3 and that the opposite end of the tube is rigidly secured to the threaded tube I4. Therefore, as the pipe stem is rotated, the threaded member I4 is moved, as the case may be, inwardly or outwardly, by reason of its being threadedly engaged with the shoulder 9.

The tube l2 is sufliciently stiff to cause the fine threads Il of member I4 to turn within the threads of the sleeve 9 to effect the necessary stretching of the tube for holding the mouthpiece 3 in normal position during use, but permitting it to move in all angular directions with respect to the stem 4 when subjected to such stresses as frequently break the threaded nipples of mouthpieces of ordinary construction.

It is readily apparent that the elastic tube .I2 will be stretched as the threaded tubular means Ill is advanced toward the central portion of the pipe bowl, and that the tension at which the mouthpiece 3 is held against the pipe bowl 2 will be increased accordingly. When the mouthpiece is screwed in the opposite direction, the tension of course will be decreased. The tapered manner in which the bowl 2 and the mouthpiece 3 are ntted together prevents the mouthpiece from moving laterally with respect to the bowl during use when they are joined together at a suitable tension.

The pipe shown in Figure 2 may be assembled also by rst screwing the sleeve I when detached from the stem, on the member I4, to provide the necessary tension on the tube I2, and then screwing the sleeve 'I into the stem 4, the ange 8 forming a finger hold for the latter operation.

In Figure 5 I have shown a modied form of my invention in which I make use of a pipe bowl 2 and a mouthpiece 3. The end portion 4' of the bowl 2 is provided with an interiorly inwardly tapered threaded recess 5. The mouthpiece 3' is provided with a cylindrical recess 20 and a reduced threaded recess 2 I. The stem portion l', and the mouthpiece 3` are provided respectively with a concave portion 22 and a convex portion 23ywhich are adapted to be fitted together substantially as shown.

Near the circumferential edge the stem portion 4' and the mouthpiece 3 are provided with shoulders, as is indicated at25, whereby the two portions when they are clamped together may be held in their proper relation to each other and may be prever'ited Afromiexing unless force is used to move the stem portion`4 andthe pipe bowl 2v out of alignment with the mouthpiece 3'. VThe interior of the pipe is provided with a tapered tubular threaded portion 26 adaptedfor engagement with the tapered threaded frecess portion Fixedly secured to the tapered tubular member 26 is an elastictube 21.which is also connected to a threaded metal or wooden tube 28, substantially as shown in Figure 5. The tube. 28 is threadedly secured in the threaded recess 2 I. Byrotating the mouthpiece, the mouth piece may becoupled to the! bowl 2. at anydesiredtension, the flexible tube 21 being suflicient- :fly stiff to .cause the threads of the member 2B to turn within the threaded recess 2|.

I'claim: f

l. A smokingpipe of the character described comprising a pipe bowl, a'l mouthpiece for the bowl, anda connector means disposed within the comprising a pipe bowl, a mouthpiece for the bowl, anda connector means disposed within the bowl and the mouthpiece, whereby theY bowl and the mouthpiece may be held together ina resilient-manner, the bowl and the mouthpiece being cach provided with recessed portions, the

`. connectormeans being disposed in the recessed Y portions and including an elastic tube having rigid means 'at either end of thetube whereby A'the tube may be threadedly secured to the bowl and themouthpiece.Y s i 3. A smoking pipe of the class described'` includinga bowl portion, a mouthpiece portion, and

an elastic connector means, saidconneotor means being positioned within the bowl and the pipe near the junction thereof, one end of said connector means being threadedly secured tothe pipe bowl, the other end of said connector means being rigidly lsecured to the mouthpiece.

4. A smoking pipe of the character described comprising a pipe bowl and a mouthpiece, said pipe bowl and said mouthpiece being provided with recessed portions and beingrconnected by ya [rubber tubeprovided at either end with rigid connecting means, one of said connecting means being threadedly secured to the pipe bowl and the other of said connecting means being held within the recessed portion of the mouthpiece in a spring-pressed manner.

A Vsmoking pipe of the character described comprising a pipeV bowl, a mouthpiece,and an` i elastic. tubular connector means for connecting .the pipe bowl to the mouthpiece inl a resilient manner, said pipe bowl being provided with a 2tapered threadedrecessed portion. said mouth*- piece. being provided with .a cylindrical threaded recessed portion, one end of said connector means being provided with a tapered threaded tubular.

means adapted torthreadedly engage the tapered:

threaded recessedportion, the other end of said tubular connector means being provided with an exteriorly threaded rigid tubular means, wherebyV theY connector means may be threadedly connected to the cylindrical threadedrecessed portionof the mouthpiece. v Y

6. A smoking device. comprising ai bowl, ia Y mouthpiece arranged in abuttingvend to end res f lation with said bowl, ilexible/connecting means for said. bowl and mouth piece arranged to permitY movement of either with respect to the other in all angular directions when subjected to abnormal stresses transversely thereof, said con-l necting means Vcomprising a flexible member, and means securing said memberto said bowl and mouthpiece under sufficient tension to retainvthe same in aligned end to endl relation and to sup# port said bowl in normal position withv respectfi to the mouthpiece during use.

7. A smoking device comprising astem andV mouthpiece arranged in abutting end to end. re-

lation and a Yconnector within said stem and f mouthpiece comprising a stretchable tube secured at the ends thereof tosaid'stem and mouth piece and undersuiiicient tension to retain said stem in normal position during use, but permitting ielative angular movement of said stem and mouthpiece.

SAM KANTER'. 

